DAF Application
  • Donor Advised Fund Application

    To open a donor advised fund with MSC, please complete the application below.
  • Advised Fund Application

    To open an advised fund with MSC, please complete the application below.
  • Name Your Donor Advised Fund
    Choose a name for your donor-advised fund. You can name it for your organization (The ABC Corporation Fund or The ABC Foundation), in memory of someone, or for a particular charitable purpose (The ABC Education Fund).

  • Name Your Advised Fund
    Choose a name for your advised fund. You can name it for your organization (The ABC Corporation Fund or The ABC Foundation), in memory of someone, or for a particular charitable purpose (The ABC Education Fund).

  • * Whereas MSC does not yet offer impact investment solutions for our Advisors, we may recommend other mission-aligned sponsors doing such work.

  • Entity Information
    Please provide information about the organization (the "entity") establishing this donor advised fund.

  • Primary Contact

    The Primary Contact must be an officer or employee of the Entity. The Primary Contact  will be authorized to request distributions from the advised fund and will be required to sign an advised fund agreement. The Primary Contact must also provide evidence of the individual’s appointment as a the primary (e.g. a board resolution, operating agreement, or other organizational document). 

  • Entity Officer
    An officer of the Entity will be required to sign a donor advised fund agreement and provide evidence of the individual’s appointment as an officer (e.g. a corporate resolution, operating agreement, or other organizational document through which officers are appointed). For trusts, the trustee(s) must sign the donor advised fund agreement and provide a copy of the trust agreement or a trust certification that identifies all trustees and confirms the trustee’s authority to make distributions from the trust to Movement Strategy Center.

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  • Donor Contact Information

    Please also provide the name and contact information for an individual to serve as the Primary Donor below. The individual listed as the Primary Donor will be the primary contact for all communications related to the DAF and will be assumed to have advisory rights with respect to the DAF unless MSC is informed otherwise in writing. You must also name one Primary Advisor, which may be a donor or other individual (see below). If you would like to name other donors as Additional Advisors, you may do so below.

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  • MSC will create login credentials for this advisor using the email address above. Once your intial contribution is received, you will be provided with a temporary password and login instructions.

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  • Additional Fund Contacts

    If you would like to provide additional individuals with access to the DAF, please provide that information below. 

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  • Authorized Advisors
    Identify up to two individuals who are authorized by the Entity to transact business with Movement Strategy Center on behalf of the Entity. Each individual identified below will have the authority, acting alone, to view all donor advised fund information, recommend grants and investments, and sign contribution agreements and other documentation related to the donor advised fund on behalf of the Entity. Each individual will remain an Authorized Advisor to the donor-advised fund until such time as Movement Strategy Center receives written notice from an officer of the Entity revoking this authorization.

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
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  • MSC will create login credentials for this advisor using the email address above. Once your intial contribution is received, you will be provided with a temporary password and login instructions.

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  • Initial Contribution

    Please provide information about your initial contribution to the fund.

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  • Investment Options

    Please select your preferred investment allocation. You may direct your DAF to be invested in a maximum of 2 asset pools. Click here for more information about MSC's Donor Advised Fund Investment Options. 

  • Investment Options

    Please select your preferred investment allocation. You may direct your advised fund to be invested in a maximum of 2 asset pools.

  • Please ensure that investment percentages total to 100%.

  • Additional Contributions 

  • Would you like to make an additional contribution to support the Movement Strategy Center’s general fund? When you give in support of MSC’s general fund, you are helping to meet the needs of our network today and supporting our movement infrastructure as MSC continues to work together with our partners towards a world of interdependence, liberation, and resilience.

  •  I would like an MSC staff member to contact me about making an additional gift to the MSC general fund in the following amount:   $.
          

  • By submitting this application, I understand that any contribution or donation I make to MSC, once accepted by MSC, represents an irrevocable and nonrefundable gift to MSC. I further understand that MSC’s Board of Directors has variance power and ultimate discretion and control over all funds and assets held in the Donor-Advised Fund, if created. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, all information presented in connection with this Application is accurate and complete and agree to notify Movement Strategy Center promptly of any changes.

  • By submitting this application, I understand that any contribution or donation I make to MSC, once accepted by MSC, represents an irrevocable and nonrefundable gift to MSC. I further understand that MSC’s Board of Directors has variance power and ultimate discretion and control over all funds and assets held in the Advised Fund, if created. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, all information presented in connection with this Application is accurate and complete and agree to notify Movement Strategy Center promptly of any changes.

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